Signature Prime Lenses

Organic images filled with life and emotion

ARRI Signature Prime Lenses

The newest members in the ARRI lens family are 16 large-format ARRI Signature Prime lenses, ranging from 12 mm to 280 mm and fitted with the ARRI LPL mount. While the Signature Primes exemplify state-of-the-art optical precision, they have been designed to render organic, emotionally engaging images, gently softening and texturizing the large format with natural skin tones and creamy bokeh. A fast T-stop of T1.8 facilitates shallow depth of field and the smooth focus fall-off gives subjects heightened presence in the frame.

Features

Timeless aesthetic

Precision engineered

Warm, emotional images

Lightweight magnesium casing

Creamy bokeh

Beautiful skintones

Magnetic rear filter holder for nets, glass elements, etc.

The ARRI Signature Prime range is the first cine lens series to feature machined magnesium lens barrels, making the optics incredibly lightweight and robust. They are also the first to incorporate ARRI’s next-generation LDS-2 Lens Data System, with high data rates and absolute encoders for fast initializing. LDS-2 extends the possibilities of lens data and is being licensed to other lens and camera manufacturers.

The ALEXA LF camera and Signature Prime lenses are an elegant combination. I love the lenses; they strike a wonderful balance between modernity and character.

With the 25 mm Signature Prime lens, you feel like you are there in the scene with the actors. The lenses are lightweight and are not too sharp, but with a certain softness and very specific.

Cinematographer Dan Laustsen ASC, DFF

These lenses are a leap forward in the same way that Master Primes redefined what was possible optically. The look and feel are completely new, consisting of a pleasing contrast level combined with a radical clarity. I’m not sure how they pulled this off, but they were wonderful to work with.

Cinematographer Logan Schneider

I love the look of the Signature Primes. They have a gentle feel to their contrast and resolution - sharp and crisp enough to see details in the shot, but not so defined and edgy as to look clinical. I designed shots to look directly into the sun. I really liked the flares: soft edged and blue-yellow in color. Signature Primes are a gorgeous complement to the magnificent ALEXA LF.

I intentionally shot mundane subjects I wouldn’t normally cover, and the results got me really excited. The camera and lens captured every tonal nuance with unmatched detail, gradation and color. I love how the out-of-focus areas are rendered, contributing to a rich and vivid overall look.

ARRI large-format camera system: Freedom and immersion

In the Californian desert, cinematographer Dan Laustsen ASC, DFF accompanies two climbers for a day on the rock. Embracing available light conditions ranging from strong daylight to flickering firelight at night, Laustsen reveals the stunning skin tones, gentle fall-off and immersive look of the ALEXA LF camera and ARRI Signature Prime lenses.

ARRI large-format camera system: Papa

For this inspiring short film on loss and friendship, cinematographer Logan Schneider paired the organic, silky nature of Signature Primes with ALEXA LF for unprecedented clarity to humanize a robot and immerse the audience.

2018-12-13

ARRI large-format camera system: An excursion on architecture

Tom Fährmann BVK uses ALEXA LF and ARRI Signature Prime lenses to document the creative preoccupations of an architect, which bear striking similarities to those of a cinematographer: light, texture, detail, and the expression of emotions through practical skill. All of them are captured perfectly by the ARRI large-format system. Learn more: https://www.arri.com/largeformat

2018-12-21

ARRI Signature Primes – Focal Length Demo

See a short demonstration video of how the different Signature Primes focal lengths from 15 to 200 mm perform (position of camera remains the same).

2019-01-07

ARRI Signature Primes Perspective Demo

See the various perspective results of different Signature Primes focal lenghts at varied distance to the camera.

2018-12-21

ARRI Signature Primes - Focus and Bokeh Demo

See a focus and bokeh demonstration video of the ARRI Signature Prime Lenses: The different focal lenghts from 15 – 200 mm capture a scenery wide open, while the focus is being shifted (position of camera remains the same).

These Signature Prime Lenses are already shipping...

... and there are new focal lengths being added continuously:

02/2019

150/T1.8

02/2019

29/T1.8

02/2019

58/T1.8

03/2019

95/T1.8

03/2019

200/T2.5

04/2019

15/T1.8

06/2019

280/T2.8

11/2019

12/T1.8

Technical Data

Name

ARRI Signature Prime 12/T1.8

ARRI Signature Prime 15/T1.8

ARRI Signature Prime 18/T1.8

ARRI Signature Prime 21/T1.8

Release

2019

2019

2018

2018

Lens Mount

LPL

LPL

LPL

LPL

Aperture

T1.8 - T22

T1.8 - T22

T1.8 - T22

T1.8 - T22

MOD from sensor plane (minimum marked distance)

0.35 m / 14“

0.35 m / 14“

0.35 m / 14"

0.35 m / 14"

MOD from lens front

0.07 m / 2.6"

0.1 m / 4.3"

0.13 m / 5.1"

0.13 m / 5.1“

Length from flange

239 mm / 9.41"

197 mm / 7.75"

178 mm / 7.01“

178 mm / 7.01“

Magnification ratio at MOD (Paraxial)

1:7.0

1:10.3

1:9.2

1:8.2

Entrance pupil position (related to image plane, in direction to object)

262.5 mm / 10.34“

203.0 mm / 7.99“

189.5 mm / 7.46“

183.4 mm / 7.22“

Angle of view

H - V - D

for LF Open Gate

114.2° / 94.0° / 124.0°

102.0° / 81.2° / 112.9°

91.4° / 71.0° / 102.6°

82.7° / 63.0° / 94.0°

Maximum housing diameter

135 mm / 5.31"

157 mm / 6.18"

115 mm / 4.52"

115 mm / 4.52"

Front diameter

134 mm / 5.28"

156 mm / 6.14"

114 mm / 4.49“

114 mm / 4.49“

Weight (lens only)

2.8 kg / 6.2 lb

2.8 kg / 6.1 lb

2.0 kg / 4.4 lb

1.9 kg / 4.2lb

Item number meter

KK.0019185

KK.0019188

KK.0019191

KK.0019193

Item number feet

KK.0019183

KK.0019187

KK.0019189

KK.0019192

Name

ARRI Signature Prime 25/T1.8

ARRI Signature Prime 29/T1.8

ARRI Signature Prime 35/T1.8

ARRI Signature Prime 40/T1.8

Release

2018

2018

2018

2018

Lens Mount

LPL

LPL

LPL

LPL

Aperture

T1.8 - T22

T1.8 - T22

T1.8 - T22

T1.8 - T22

MOD from sensor plane (minimum marked distance)

0.35 m / 14"

0.35 m / 14"

0.35 m / 14"

0.35 m / 14"

MOD from lens front

0.13 m / 5"

0.13 m / 5"

0.13 m / 5"

0.13 m / 5"

Length from flange

178 mm / 7.01“

178 mm / 7.01“

178 mm / 7.01“

178 mm / 7.01“

Magnification ratio at MOD (Paraxial)

1:7.1

1:6.4

1:5.4

1:4.8

Entrance pupil position (related to image plane, in direction to object)

177.6 mm / 7.00“

165.8 mm / 6.53“

162.1 mm / 6.38“

159.3 mm / 6.27“

Angle of view

H - V - D

for LF Open Gate

73.0° / 54.4° / 84.0°

65.1° / 47.9° / 75.7°

55.5° /40.2° / 65.3°

49.3° / 35.4° / 58.3°

Maximum housing diameter

115 mm / 4.52"

115 mm / 4.52"

115 mm / 4.52"

115 mm / 4.52"

Front diameter

114 mm / 4.49“

114 mm / 4.49“

114 mm / 4.49“

114 mm / 4.49“

Weight (lens only)

1.9 kg / 4.2lb

1.8 kg / 4.0lb

1.7 kg / 3.7lb

1.8 kg / 4.0lb

Item number meter

KK.0019196

KK.0019199

KK.0019102

KK.0019201

Item number feet

KK.0019194

KK.0019197

KK.0019099

KK.0019200

Name

ARRI Signature Prime 47/T1.8

ARRI Signature Prime 58/T1.8

ARRI Signature Prime 75/T1.8

ARRI Signature Prime 95/T1.8

Release

2018

2018

2018

2018

Lens Mount

LPL

LPL

LPL

LPL

Aperture

T1.8 - T22

T1.8 - T22

T1.8 - T22

T1.8 - T22

MOD from sensor plane (minimum marked distance)

0.45 m / 18“

0.45 m / 18“

0.65 m / 26“

0.85 m / 2‘ 9“

MOD from lens front

0.23 m / 9.0“

0.23 m / 9.0“

0.43 m / 17“

0.63 m / 2‘ 1“

Length from flange

178 mm / 7.01“

178 mm / 7.01“

178 mm / 7.01“

178 mm / 7.01“

Magnification ratio at MOD (Paraxial)

1:6.3

1:5.4

1:7.2

1:7.9

Entrance pupil position (related to image plane, in direction to object)

155.8 mm / 6.13“

143.9 mm / 5.66“

115.5 mm / 4.55“

85.4 mm / 3.36“

Angle of view

H - V - D

for LF Open Gate

42.6° / 30.4° / 50.8°

34.9° / 24.8° / 41.8°

27.5° /19.3° / 33.3°

21.6° / 15.3° / 26.5°

Maximum housing diameter

115 mm / 4.52"

115 mm / 4.52"

115 mm / 4.52"

115 mm / 4.52"

Front diameter

114 mm / 4.49“

114 mm / 4.49“

114 mm / 4.49“

114 mm / 4.49“

Weight (lens only)

1.8 kg / 4.0lb

2.0 kg / 4.4lb

1.9 kg / 4.2lb

1.9 kg/4.2lb

Item number meter

KK.0019105

KK.0019203

KK.0019107

KK.0019205

Item number feet

KK.0019104

KK.0019202

KK.0019106

KK.0019204

Name

ARRI Signature Prime 125/T1.8

ARRI Signature Prime 150/T1.8

ARRI Signature Prime 200/T2.5

ARRI Signature Prime 280/T2.8

Release

2018

2018

2018

2019

Lens Mount

LPL

LPL

LPL

LPL

Aperture

T1.8 - T22

T1.8 - T22

T2.5 - T22

T2.8 - T22

MOD from sensor plane (minimum marked distance)

1 m / 3‘ 4“

1.5 m / 5‘

1.8 m / 6‘

2.5 m / 8‘ 3“

MOD from lens front

0.78 m / 2‘ 7“

1.25 m / 4‘ 2“

1.54 m / 5‘ 1"

2.18m / 7' 2"

Length from flange

178 mm / 7.01“

208 mm / 8.19“

218 mm / 8.58“

278mm / 10.93"

Magnification ratio at MOD (Paraxial)

1:7.0

1:9.0

1:8.3

1:8.3

Entrance pupil position (related to image plane, in direction to object)